Chapter One – New Horizons

Out of the darkness and into the sun

But I won't forget all the ones that I love

I gotta

Take risk, take chance, make a change,

And breakaway

Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson

Moving to a new town was always a difficult transition and harder still if you were a teenage girl. Having to pack up your life, leave your friends, school, and all you knew behind as your family moved you all away to parts unknown. It was scary and often quite daunting, no matter whom you were or how well adjusted that never changed. Beginning a new life and starting over, whilst a great opportunity to most, was terrifying to those others who worried about where they'd fit.

Bailey Davis was one of those others. At 17 years old, she was feeling rather frustrated and mad at her parents for this move to Lima Heights. Whilst she understood that her Father's job was important, she couldn't help but feel the smallest bit of resentment at having to leave her old school. This was her final year of high school and she had wanted to spend it back home in California, with her friends, at a school where she'd spent the last 3 years. Now she was off to start the year at McKinley High School, a place where she knew no one, no one knew her, and she was for lack of a better term, scared.

It wasn't like she'd been overly popular back home, but she'd had an amazing group of friends, she'd been on the cheerleading squad, been a model student and now all that was gone. Was she mourning the loss of her old life? Damn straight. Though in the interest of supporting her Dad she bottled away the bitterness she felt, even though she figured they knew her well enough to know what she was feeling.

"Bailey Marie Davis, move yourself, you're going to be late."

Rolling her eyes, Bailey stared back at her reflection in the mirror, hating it when her Mother used her full name. Running the brush through her hair one more time she stood away from her dresser and grabbed her bag from the bottom of the bed. She was a pretty girl standing at around 5ft4, slim yet she held slight curves in all the right places, with thick blonde hair that fell a few inches past her shoulders. She had bright blue eyes, a sun kissed complexion thanks to living in California her entire life.

Taking one last look down at her outfit before she left her room, she debated on whether there was enough time for another outfit change. Not vain in anyway, she always prided herself on looking the part, and for a first day at a new school she wanted to at least try and make the right impression. Though finally satisfied she smiled one last time and left her room, taking the stairs two at a time and meeting her Mother at the bottom.

They'd moved into the house less three days ago so there were still boxes of their belongings scattered sporadically around the house. It was almost strange seeing their lives boxed up in such a way, surreal almost. This was their life now, Bailey knew that and she knew she had to get used to it whether she liked it or not. It wasn't as though she was really stuck here forever; there was only a year before college after all.

"Ready." She told her Mom; grabbing her jacket she followed the older woman out of the house and towards the car. Things were of course tense in the house, they always were after a big move Bailey figured so she didn't push it when her Mom had insisted on driving her to school, it was after all more appealing than taking the bus. Suffice to say the ride to school was a fairly quiet one much to Bailey's relief, it offered her the time she needed to prepare for starting again. Always sure of herself it was sort of off-putting to have no idea what you were heading into.

"You're to go straight to the Principals office; he'll give you your time table." Her Mother explained, to which Bailey simply nodded her head, "You going to be okay or would you rather I come with you?"

Looking at her Mom sharply Bailey shook her head, "No of course not Mom I'll be fine, I promise." She shot the older woman a small smile, hoping to hide the horror she felt from the idea. Being walked in by her Mom wasn't the first impression she was hoping to give when she got to the school. Mrs Davis smirked knowingly and simply nodded her head in response to her daughters answer, and refocused on parking the car.

"Well here we are. Have a good day sweetheart."

"Thanks Mom." Bailey leaned over pressing a kiss to her Mom's cheek before climbing out of the car, swinging her bag over her shoulder as she stared up at the school for a good long moment. Taking a deep breath she steeled herself, observing the mass of students piling into the building before she took a step forward, "Here we go..."

"Here's your schedule Miss Davis and your locker combination." Bailey accepted the slip of paper from the Principal, settling back down in her chair in front of his desk and offering him a small smile as she glanced over her classes. "And here comes your escort for the day." He added, standing from his chair and moving around the desk, his eyes fixed on the windows of his office watching a student coming through.

Following his lead Bailey rose from her chair and turned in time for the office door to be pushed open and a young man her own age step inside. "Principal Figgins." He said, greeting the older man before focusing his attention on Bailey, obviously more in the know than her. He smiled before holding his hand out to her, "Hey, I'm Blaine Anderson."

Bailey found herself smiling as she slipped her hand into the other boys, "Hi. Bailey Davis." She said introducing herself before readjusting the bag on her shoulder and glancing back at Principal Figgins when he patted her arm.

"Blaine has offered to escort you around today. You'll be alright now." He said, ultimately dismissing the two students from his office as he turned and headed back behind his desk. Bailey and Blaine watched him before sharing an amused look and moving out of the office together and into the bustling hallway.

"It made sense me showing you around since we have near enough all the same classes together." He explained to her, shooting her a warm smile, one she was all but forced to return. Blaine quickly looked at her schedule and locker number before nodding down the hallway. "This way."

"Well whatever the reason, I really appreciate it. I have a horrid sense of direction chances are I would have spent the entire day wandering the halls." She laughed softly; glad when Blaine did as well. He seemed nice enough, genuine even, like he wasn't only pretending to be happy at showing her around, he really did want to help her out.

"Yeah I get that. I was lucky enough to know a few people here when I started out last year, but I know how intimidating it can be." He told her as they rounded down the corridor. It saddened him that this year Kurt wouldn't be around, or a few of his other friends, but there was still Glee, and the few of them that remained. Blaine wasn't too sure where he stood now, Kurt had been his sole reason for being here, and sure his boy-friend was sticking around for now but Blaine knew he didn't belong here. Even if Kurt hadn't gotten into NYADA this time around, he needed to be in New York; Blaine was just reluctant to let him go. Maybe it was selfish but was that so wrong?

They stopped in front of a locker, and after glancing down at her combination Bailey began to open it. "Well it's only a year right, sure I can brave it out." She joked, shooting Blaine a smile as she put a couple of her books into her locker. Sighing softly she shrugged her shoulders, "I think I'm just more down about having to leave my old school, the squad..."

"You were a cheerleader?" Blaine asked, interrupting her rambling before she could get started. Pausing Bailey looked at him and nodded her head, smiling brightly at the thought of her old team.

"Hell yeah. I loved it, we lost out to The Cheerio's last year at Nationals but we came second which was still amazing." She explained closing over the locker and turning towards Blaine who opened his mouth to say something only to be immediately interrupted by the shrill sound of the bell. Rolling his eyes he smiled down at Bailey and nodded his head backing up.

"Well you should try out for the Cheerio's..." he suggested, quietly wondering what she was like singing, the club was in the middle of recruiting after all. Bailey pulled a face and shrugged her shoulders, following after him.

"I don't know, sort of feel like I'd be betraying my people." She teased, laughing lightly enjoying how easy it was to talk to him. Though she wasn't lying after spending so long on one squad, trying out for a rival one would be weird wouldn't it? Blaine laughed and shook his head as they headed into the English Classroom.

Around lunch Bailey lost Blaine who had disappeared with Kurt, whom she now knew to be his boy-friend and instead of heading to the lunch room where she'd agreed to meet him, she had instead found her way onto the bleachers facing the field wanting to sneak in a look at the Cheerio's practicing. She had a great appreciation for the team, as well as Sue Sylvester and applauded their victory at last year's competition. Maybe there was a little annoyance that her old team had only gotten second place when the year before they'd won 1st place.

Sitting down on the bleachers she tucked her bag beneath her legs, smiling slightly as she watched the team practice. They were flawlessly choreographed, beautifully so and she had to smile as she continued to watch them move together in perfect sync.

"Terrible! You all should be ashamed of yourselves...! I once met a one legged chimp who danced better than that!"

Bailey's eyes were wide with shock and disbelief as she turned her head slightly, locating the infamous coach Sylvester almost instantly, stood above her pedicel with her speaker phone. Of course the woman's reputation preceded her and apparently those rumours about how hard she was on the team weren't rumours. As her phone vibrated in her hands, Bailey looked down to see a txt off Blaine.

Blaine (Mobile)

Sep 11 2012

12:15 PM

Where you at?

Bailey hit the reply button and began typing her msg only to pause mid type when she sensed eyes on her. Looking up she saw Sue glaring over at her and suddenly felt like running, "You. You may have come second at Nationals but you still gotta try out with the rest of the failures, so come on." She barked at Bailey, who laughed softly and shook her head,

"I wasn't going to..."

"Come on I haven't got all day, let's see what you got." Sue said interrupting her and finally turning her back on the girl, waiting for her to assume her position. Of course Bailey was far from dressed for the occasion but she was at least glad she'd gone with shorts today instead of that mini skirt she'd been looking at. Glancing back down at her phone as she stood, she quickly finished her reply to Blaine and hit send.

Bailey (Mobile),

Sep 11, 2007,

12:16 PM

Bleachers. Sue. Help!

Carrying her bag with her down to the field she dropped it onto the grass, shrugging off her jacket, and slipping off her shoes as well as the chain she wore, secretly enjoying the feel of the grass beneath her toes as she moved to assume position. Dressed in cropped denim shorts and a white off the shoulder scoop t-shirt, with 'I don't give a damn bout my BAD reputation' written across the front.

Assuming a position she looked up at Sue who seemed to be scrutinizing her as she moved down onto the field, standing beside where Bailey had dropped her bag. The seconds ticked by, each one making Bailey feel more self conscious than the last. Sue narrowed her eyes at the young girl as she called out, "Front handspring."

Bailey bit her tongue, forcing herself not to smile because she knew Sue was simply testing her, probably easing her into this. Either way she took a breath, threw her arms up, took a few running steps and lifting her right leg before she lunged forward. Her hands met the floor as she sprung off, and landed in a perfect upright position. She quickly tucked her hands to her sides and looked at Sue who simply nodded her head and made a face as she took another step forward.

"Front handspring step-out, front handspring." Sue called out, aware of movement behind her in the stands but she continued to remain focused on the girl in front of her, wanting to see what she could do. Though once again, Bailey managed to perform the more complicated move without any kind of problems, having done them many times before. "Round-off 2 back handsprings followed by a full twisting double back and a cheer" She said with a smirk, watching the slight hesitation in the girls face before a stubborn determination appeared in her expression and she took a few steps back.

Bailey saw Blaine and a couple others in the bleachers but kept her focus on the task at hand. Chewing down on her bottom lip she closed her eyes, releasing a small breath as she found her centre and literally threw herself into performing the moves, struggling not to smile when she landed, her arms going into the air before resting at her sides, a brief pause before she clapped them together. "We're awesome, oh wow, like come on check us out, I mean come on, The Cheerio's are number one."

Sue stood, refusing to admit she was impressed. Instead the coach nodded her head and began to turn away. "Drop by my office after classes to be fitted for your uniform and don't be late." She called out, shaking her head and finally walking away leaving a slightly stunned Bailey rooted to her spot in the middle of the field. Without meaning to at first she'd made it onto the squad and despite everything she'd been feeling in regards to her old team, her friends back home, Bailey found herself thrilled with the prospect of being on a squad again, being part of team. Looking up to the bleacher's she saw Kurt and another girl but instead focused on Blaine as the other boy began making his way down to her.

Clapping her hands together excitedly she hurried forward, "Oh my goodness did you hear that?" she asked him as they met beside her bag. Blaine laughed as she did a little dance, slipping her feet back into her shoes. "I mean I wasn't given much of a chance to say no to trying out but as soon as I was out there, it felt...right you know?" she said, picking up her bag and slinging it over her shoulder, her jacket in her hand.

"You're a cheerio now, but lucky for the Glee club we seem to be in the Cheerio's at the moment." He chuckled as they moved towards the steps. Tilting her head to the side Bailey pulled a face,

"Glee club?" she asked, of course she knew what it was, and they'd had one back at her old school but she'd never joined. By nature she was a confident person but not so confident when it came to being able to sing, which sucked because she really did enjoy singing, though mainly in the safety and privacy of her own room. That way if she really did suck then she was the only one who knew

Blaine looked to Kurt and Tina who were watching their approach the latter of whom had shown some curiosity about the girl Blaine had been talking about. Glancing back at Bailey he nodded his head and smiled, "Yeah in fact we're holding auditions for some new members this week, you should take a shot." He suggested, playfully nudging Bailey who chuckled and shook her head, only sparing a brief glance towards the bodies now spilling out onto the field from the locker rooms.

"No I couldn't possibly, singing in front of people, I just..."

Whatever she'd been planning on saying fell short when a hard body collided with hers, knocking her back and knocking her to the floor. Gasping her hands reached out, to brace the body above hers from landing on top of her but her attempts were futile and she found herself slightly winded as her back hit the grass and the body landed on top of her.

"Crap! I'm so sorry!"

Wincing slightly Bailey opened her eyes as the body moved from above hers, scrambling to stand. Looking up she begrudgingly accepted the hand being held out to her and stood, brushing her hands on the back of her shorts a deep frown on her face as she looked at the stranger ready to berate them but she immediately stopped short. The words died in her throat as she locked eyes with those green ones belonging to the six foot blonde Adonis in front of her. "Um...it's, its fine." She finally said after a few moments,

In front of her, after readjusting his shoulder guards Sam Evans found himself blindsided when he finally took note of the girl in front of him. Beautiful didn't even begin to describe her and he didn't say that lightly. A slow, trademark dimpled grin appeared on his handsome face as he opened his mouth to reply only to have Beiste call out to him to get moving. Sighing he looked at Blaine who was stood smirking before he looked back at Bailey, "Well it was fun crashing into you. We should definitely do it again." He teased, winking at her playfully, grinning as he stepped around her; reluctantly jogging away to meet his team mates, unable to help but steal one more glance back.

Chewing down on her lip, Bailey smiled slightly and turned to glance over her shoulder, sharing a small smile with Sam before she turned back around, finally looking back at Blaine who had now been joined by Tina and Kurt, all of whom were now stood, smirking knowingly at her. "What?" she asked, a faint blush filling her cheeks. They all laughed as Blaine draped his arm around her shoulders and they began walking away from the field,

"Sweetie now you definitely need to audition for Glee."

Okay despite my better judgement I just had to write this story. Let's just say it was inspired after watching the school shooting episode of Glee. I actually wrote a one shot based on that but was unsatisfied with the ending. The character of Bailey is in it yes, couldn't help myself, but I'll let you guys know when I post it, which should be the day after this one goes up I think. I guess I just wanted to see what you guys thought about her first.

Anyway I hope you guys like this. I'm already in love with the character Bailey and her story, I have it all planned out and am really excited for what's ahead.

Remember guys, reviews are love and I really would love to hear what you guys think of this, they always help to inspire the story.